Mega Millions winning numbers drawn for $118M jackpot

Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerJennifer Twist, of Woodbridge, fills out her Mega Million lottery slip on Oct. 15 as Ketan Patel, owner of a the 7-11 on Amboy Avenue in Woodbridge, looks on. The winning Mega Millions lottery numbers drawn tonight for the jackpot worth an estimated $118 million were: 27, 31, 32, 36 and 47 with the Mega Ball, 35.

Mega Millions is a consortium of 12 member state lotteries. The largest payout so far has been a $390 million jackpot shared by a New Jersey couple from Cape May County and a truck driver in Georgia in 2007.

The largest payout so far has been a $390 million jackpot shared by a New Jersey couple from Cape May County and a truck driver in Georgia in 2007. In March, 10 co-workers from the information technology department of Chubb Insurance in White House station split a $140 million jackpot.

In March, 10 co-workers from the information technology department of Chubb Insurance in White House station split a $140 million jackpot.

Mega Millions winners from Chubb Insurance speak to the media

Mega Millions winners from Chubb Insurance speak to the mediaTen employees from Chubb Insurance in Whitehouse Station came forward as the winners of the $216 million Mega Millions jackpot. The workers have been playing the lottery the past few years and purchased the ticket at the Singin Oil gas station in Toms River. (Video by Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger)